Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee Wants to Criminalize White People Criticizing Minorities

It may be MLK Day, but Democrats aren’t here for all that “content of character” stuff.

Rep. Shelia Jackson LeeLong in the running to be the stupidest member of Congress (oops! did I just do a crime?)), has introduced legislation that could make political criticism by white people against minorities a federal crime.

In what can only been described as a complicated mess, the bill proposes a white person be charged with a crime. “vilifies” Any non-white person who has their words published on social media. “persons who are predisposed to engaging in any action in furtherance of a white supremacy inspired hate crime,” They would be committing a federal offense.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduced a House Bill that would criminalize “conspiracy to commit white supremacy,” This includes criticisms of non-white persons that influence (such as something published online or spoken publicly) someone who has committed a hate crime. https://t.co/QD93bVJmA9 pic.twitter.com/ROwLtvYIha

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 15, 2023

This provision is so wide that you could drive a Mack truck right through it. What is the definition of a “white supremacy-inspired hate crime” This statute is applicable? What is the procedure? “replacement theory” defined? Because Democrats are referring to “replacement theory” It is not a replacement theory, but a reiteration that Democrat-admitted aims at using immigration to influence elections.

Additionally, the use “or” Section (B) is crucial because it leaves “vilifies” as a stand-alone qualifier. What is the limiting principle in that case? If I post on social media that Shelia Jackson Lee is an incredibly ignorant, abusive person who has a long history of treating her staff like dirt, does that mean I’ve “vilified” Is this the law that she should be subject to? It would be very obvious.

Then there’s the conspiracy angle to deal with. It doesn’t Click here that there’s actually any requirement that the “two or more persons” The statute doesn’t allow them to have any real relationship. If someone commits an offense, “white supremacy-inspired hate crime” against a person and I’ve likewise been politically criticizing that same person on social media, even justifiably, I would have now committed a federal crime myself.

If it passed, this law would be used against valid criticisms of any non-white group or person (the Black Lives Matter organisation, for example), because critics could expose them to federal charges. It is obvious that this would be a violation of the First Amendment. However, it exposes Lee’s wild totalitarian drive and others who share her views.

And that’s exactly why Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy should put it up for a vote. Place this absurd, reductive garbage on to the floor and have every Democrat sign it.

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